The domain was once the official home of the authoritative WHOIS server for .mobi, a top-level domain used to indicate that a website is optimized for mobile devices. At some point—it’s not ...

The whois and jwhois command can retrieve extensive details on domain registrations including domain registrants, domain status, responsible organizations and their locations. The whois and jwhois ...

ICANN had wanted a year of grace to address WHOIS's data privacy problems. They didn't get it. ICANN argued, "Unless there is a moratorium, we may no longer be able to ... maintain WHOIS.

of website contacts listed in WhoIs for all the world to see. There are plenty of legitimate reasons people want to protect their privacy online. Does hiding your WHOIS information hurt your ...

Like the arrow adjacent to an auto’s fuel gauge revealing which side of the car possesses the gas cap (which is especially handy when driving rentals), the macOS whois command can save Mac users ...

The reign of WHOIS to define domain registration may be coming to a close in the face of security issues, leading to a growing number of fraudulent Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates and ...

Certificate authorities and browser makers are planning to end the use of WHOIS data verifying domain ownership following a report that demonstrated how threat actors could abuse the process to ...